Skill Level: Advanced
Why It Matters
Every regime needs oxygen — and in fascist America, that oxygen is money. Billionaires, defense contractors, and corporate lobbyists aren’t just buying influence; they’re literally buying rooms in the White House. When you expose who’s paying for power, you expose how the machine runs. Transparency isn’t just a virtue — it’s resistance.
Think of it like tracing catnip crumbs: every donor, contract, and shell company leads to the puppet master behind the policy.
The Tools of the Trade
These are the tools your average watchdog, journalist, or nosy activist can use to trace political corruption — all free, legal, and deliciously disruptive.
1. OpenSecrets.org – Tracks campaign donations, PACs, and lobbyist cash. Search by name, company, or candidate.
2. FEC.gov – The Federal Election Commission database lists political donations down to the penny.
3. ProPublica’s “Nonprofit Explorer” – Follow 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) organizations that funnel dark money through “charitable” loopholes.
4. LittleSis.org – A public database mapping corporate influence and relationships between power brokers.
5. USASpending.gov – Federal contracts, grants, and loans. Search Lockheed Martin or Palantir and watch your blood pressure spike.
6. OpenCorporates.com – Track shell companies, registered agents, and offshore ties.
7. ResistBot.io – Use it to demand your representatives support the “Corporate Transparency Act” and campaign finance reform.
Example in Action
This week’s ballroom donor list is a corruption bingo card. Defense contractors, oil billionaires, tech monopolies, and crypto gamblers — all funding Trump’s latest golden temple. Using these tools, activists have already traced Palantir and Lockheed donations to recent policy rollbacks on military oversight.
That’s how resistance works: receipts, receipts, receipts.
Step-by-Step: How to Follow the Money
Step 1: Choose your target — a corporation, donor, or shady nonprofit.
Step 2: Search their name on OpenSecrets.org or LittleSis.org.
Step 3: Cross-check the donor’s business interests on USASpending.gov.
Step 4: Look for “coincidences” — like new federal contracts after donations.
Step 5: Screenshot everything. Save it twice. Send it to journalists, watchdogs, and the Resistance Directory.
Step 6: Post a clean version of your findings online. Tag it with #FollowTheMoney and #Revolution2025.
Step 7: Archive the data. Even if websites vanish, screenshots live forever.
Kitty Tip
Money laundering may sound complicated, but it’s just a fancy way of saying “they’re hiding stolen stuff.” When they use charities, think “cover story.” When they use crypto, think “digital swamp.” And when they use a “ballroom fund,” think “bribe with better lighting.”
Final Rallying Call
They think they can dance their way through history while the rest of us drown in debt. But every waltz step leaves a paper trail — and this Kitty’s got claws made of subpoenas. Keep the receipts, follow the trails, and expose the empire’s accountants one donor at a time. The revolution isn’t just marching — it’s auditing.
This is Resistance Kitty — signing off with spreadsheets, sass, and subpoenas.
Sources
- OpenSecrets.org
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- FEC.gov
- LittleSis.org
- USASpending.gov
- OpenCorporates.com